This
section of The Unmutual deals with the locations seen in The Prisoner which
are not in Portmeirion. If you wish to view pictures of Portmeirion, we have
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The Series
was mostly filmed in Portmeirion, and at the MGM Studio and Backlot in Borehamwood.
However, there are still several episodes, and of course the Series' opening
sequence, which feature other locations.

With 50+
locations and 150+ photographs, this guide is by far the most comprehensive
Prisoner Locations Guide ever compiled and, as such, some information (or images)
may be missing. If you can help, please contact us.

The Locations
in the following guide (written in episode/scene order) are underlined and are
clickable links which take you to a further page of photos and detailed information
of the location (the images on this page are also clickable links to the individual
page dedicated to the location).

Many of
the locations in this guide are visited as part of Dave Lally's twice-yearly
Locations Walkabouts, details of which can be found on our events
page.__________________________________________________________________________

The
next few locations are located underneath Marble Arch and Park Lane, where
the car stops to take a ticket from the car park
ticket machine at the Cumberland Gate entrance, drives along the left
wall before stopping in front of a set of double
doors, which are then pushed open. McGoohan is then seen striding
up a corridor.

A
double for Nadia is seen swimming in the sea. This was filmed in at The
Warren in Folkestone, and again dring
their sea escape, Number Six and Nadia are seen jumping from their raft.

A
short while later, there are shots of a truck driving through the countryside
(location unknown).

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed at MGM, Portmeirion or make
use of stock footage (supplied by "World Backgrounds").

MANY
HAPPY RETURNS

The
scenes on the raft were filmed 30-miles into the Irish Sea. The exterior
gunrunners' boat sequences were filmed off the coast of Abersoch,
in North Wales. When Number Six comes round after being washed up on the
shore, he climbs the cliff to reveal that he is at Beachy
Head. He then has a meeting with some Romanys, filmed in the Folkestone
area, before spotting a roadblock and jumps in a truck (locations
unknown).

When
he jumps out of the truck, he is in fact at the north end of Park Lane
where Marble Arch can clearly be seen in the
background. The next scene is at the Wellington Memorial, in Duke
of Wellington Place, when he hears the words "hold it".
The next scene shows him crossing Stag Place before
arriving outside his home in Buckingham Place.
He walks round the corner and looks down Palace
Street before Mrs Butterworth arrives to divert his attention.

Later
in the episode, there is a short sequence of a Policeman back at the Romany
location (location unknown). The airfield
featured near the end of the episode is Chalgrove
Airfield, Oxfordshire.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed at MGM, Portmeirion or make
use of stock
footage (supplied by "World Backgrounds").

CHECKMATE

The
exterior shots of MS Polotska towards the end of the Episode, were shot
at Abersoch off the coast of North Wales.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed at MGM, Portmeirion or make
use of stock footage (supplied by "World Backgrounds").

DO
NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING

After
waking up in his home and speaking with Janet, Number Six drives out of
Buckingham Place, and then drives past the
Houses of Parliament. There are then some
edited shots (taken from the opening sequence) in the corridor.

The
following scenes in the moving Paternoster lift and corridors are at the
GEC-Marconi building in Elstree Way, Borehamwood.

There
then follow scenes of Potter following Number Six to Dover (which is represented
by stock footage). The journey takes them via the A1
at Borehamwood (doubling for the A20) , and the A41
roundabout at Elstree. Some of the shots representing Kandersfeld
were of Seefeld in Austria, but were stock/library footage.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed at MGM, Portmeirion or make
use of stock
footage (supplied by "World Backgrounds").

LIVING
IN HARMONY

The
early sequences in this episode (and some later sequences such as the
escape/lasooing) were filmed at the North end of the B4541 at Five Knolls
on Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire. The Lynching
tree in Harmony no longer exists, but the site is Rutherford
Close in Borehamwood.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed at MGM, Portmeirion or make
use of stock footage (supplied by "World Backgrounds").

THE
GIRL WHO WAS DEATH

The
opening cricket scenes in this episode were actually filmed at three separate
locations. The establishing shots were filmed at Bearsted
in Kent, with the Potter and close up sequence filming at Eltisley
Cricket Ground near St Neots in Cambridgeshire. More establishing
shots were filmed at Meopham Cricket Ground
in Kent.

The
next three sequences were filmed in Shenley Road, Borehamwood. On the
way to meet Potter, Number Six briefly passes the Barclays
Bank. His meeting with Potter takes place outside the Velda
Shop (with Death standing in the window), with the ABPC
Studio building visible in the background, before visiting the Magnum
Record Shop.

There
then follow more scenes at the above-mentioned cricket grounds before
Number Six arrives for a drink at his local pub, The
Thatched Barn (Elstree Moat House) in Borehamwood.

The
fairground sequences seen in this episode were filmed at two separate
locations. The Kursaal funfair at Southend,
Essex, and Battersea Funfair. Number Six and
Death then embark on a location-rich car chase.

The
opening location of the car chase, once they leave the funfair, is what
was formerly the A6(T) (incorporated into the M25)
at Shenley. They are then seen driving past The
White Hart on the junction of Blanche Lane and St Albans Road. The
action then returns to what was the A6(T) where they
travel under the now demolished A111 Junction bridge heading towards South
Mimms. They are then seen turning
left into Rectory Lane.

The
exterior lighthouse sequences which follow were shot at Beachy
Head.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed
at MGM, Portmeirion or make use of stock footage (supplied by "World
Backgrounds").

FALL
OUT

The
tunnel in which the escapees smash through the gates and escape, is Mayfield
Tunnel near Crowborough in East Sussex. A brief shot then appears
of the truck driving down a country lane, which in reality is Silver Hill,
London N21. The truck is then seen driving past a businessman before dropping
off Number 48. This sequence was shot on the A1 at
Borehamwood (doubling for the A20). The truck is then seen driving round
Trafalgar Square, before being pulled over
by a police motorcycle on the Victoria Embankment.

Leo
McKern is then seen entering a Parliament Rear Door at Old
Palace Yard, at which point Number Six enters into a conversation
with a policeman by a postbox opposite. Number
Six and The Butler then run for the bus on Westminster
Bridge. Number 48 is then seen hitching for a ride back on the A1
(doubling for the A20) before Number Six and The Butler arrive at Buckingham
Place. Number Six is then shown in his Lotus driving past the Houses
of Parliament. Leo McKern is then again seen entering (in smarter
clothes) the door at Old Palace Yard again
before one final shot of McGoohan in his Lotus on the runway at Poddington.

All
other sequences in this episode were filmed
at MGM, Portmeirion, or make use of stock footage (supplied by "World
Backgrounds").

OTHER
LOCATIONS:

Much
of the inspiration for The Village came from Inverlair
Lodge, in Scotland.

After
each day's location filming at Portmeirion, the shot footage was viewed
by the crew at the Coliseum cinema in Portmadoc.

Locations
for Danger Man, including the Prisoneresque episode "Colony 3"
can be seen HERE.

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you can help with any further images or details regarding any Prisoner locations,
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